Stove



/ Patented Dec. 6, I898. W. H. PAGE.

STOVE.

(Applicgtinn filed Aug 25, 1897.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. PAGE, OF BASIC CITY, VIRGINIA.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 615,302, datedDecember 6, 1898. Application filed August 25, 1897- Serial No. 649,486.(Nemocleh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PAGE, of Basic City, in the county ofAugusta, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stoves, of which the following is a completespecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to stoves of that class commercially known asair-tight stoves;

and its object is to produce a stove the parts of which may be readilyassembled or disassembled when required without the employment of askilled mechanic, whereby the stove may be packed and shipped in theknockeddown state at a material saving in the cost of transportation andwhereby when burned out parts can be renewed with facility and atcomparatively trifling cost.

Stoves of the class to which my invention belongs are generally puttogether by the aid of scams or joints, which, it being impossible toreseam such Work, become altogether useless when any part of the body orshell is burned out. In my stove all permanent seams or joints aredispensed with, there being but one seam-namely, the vertical seam inthe side of the sheet-metal body part. This seam maybe united by aremovable lock or can, if desired, be formed by any worker in sheetmetal.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of my stovecomplete. Fig. II is a central vertical sectional view of the same. Fig.III is a section on the line III III of Fig. II.

Referring to the figures on the drawings, 1 indicates the body part ofmy stove, which is preferably composed of a single piece of sheet metalbent and united at its ends by a suitable seam 2. The body part may beof any suitable shape and dimensions and is designed to be united, as toits opposite ends, to a top or top plate 3 and a bottom or bottom plate4. The top plate, as illustrated, is provided with the usual apertures5for example, one for the introduction of fuel and the other for theattachment of a smoke-flue or stovepipe.

The top and bottom plates which I prefer to employ are preferably unitedto the body 1 by interchangeable elements or end members-that is to say,by members which may be used for uniting the top plate or the bot= tomplate to the body part 1. The members which I prefer to employ foruniting the'top and bottom plates, respectively, to the body partconsist of a ring 7, provided upon one side with a flange 8, preferablyslightly beveled upon its outer surface. The flange is located betweenthe opposite edges of the ring 7, defining in its respective angles ofjuncture with the ring 7 upon the outer side a rim or margin 9 and uponthe inner side a rim 10 for the accommodation of binding members to bedescribed.

11 indicates a ring similar in shape to the ring 7, but provided with anoverlapping flange 12, which when the two rings are united overlaps theedge of the ring 7 and, fitting snugly around the outer edge thereof,forms therewith a close joint.

13 indicates binding members, consisting, preferably, of rods extendingfrom end to end through the stove and through the rings 7 and 11 at theopposite ends thereof. The rods 13 are provided at one end,respectively, with heads 14 and at the other end are threaded to receivenuts 15. The tension of the nuts upon the rods 13 serves at once tofirmly clamp the top plate 3 and bottom plate 4 between their respectiverings 7 and 11 and also to force the body part 1 upon the flanges 8against the respective rims 9. By this means a tight joint is formedbetween the body part, the top and bottom plates, respectively, and therings that unite them.

In addition to the rods 13 a crown of bolts 16 may be employed, asillustrated, for uniting the top and bottom plates, respectively, withthe rings 7 and 11 and perfecting the joints between them.

In the drawings I show legs 17, united by the nuts 15 to the rods 13;but the legs may be secured in place in any usual and ordinary manner.

I have described the members 7 and 11 as rings; but they may be of anysuitable shape and are, as illustrated, oblong or elliptical rings.

In practice in uniting the parts together the rings 7 and 11 for the topand bottom plates, with the intermediate plates 3 and I, may be unitedby the bolts 16. Afterward all that is necessary is to place the bodypart 1 over the opposite flanges 8, insert the rods 13 into the holesprovided for them, andscrew up the nuts 15 until the joints between thebody part and its top and bottom plates, respectively, are perfected.

It is obvious that if the sheet-metal body part, top, or bottom isburned out it can be renewed by removal of the rods 13 and the bolts 16,if necessary, and when renewed the several members may be united asabove specified.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In a stove, the combination with a body part, andflanged rings, of top and bottom plates, additional rings for clampingthe top and bottom plates to the flanged rings, respectively, andbinding members, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a stove, the combination with a body part, of rings provided withflanges having inclined faces designed to extend into the opposite endsof the body part, top and bottom plates imposed upon said rings,additional rings for clamping the top and bottom plates to the flangedrings, means for securing each flanged ring to the adjacent end plateand clamping-ring, and means common to the end members formed by eachflanged ring, end. plate and clamping-ring for urging the inclinedflanges into the opposite ends of the body part, substantially asspecified.

3. In a stove, the combination with a body part, and flanged rings, oftop and bottom plates, additional rings, provided with overlappingflanges, for clamping the top and bottom plates to the flanged rings,respectively, and binding members, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. In a stove, the combination with a body part, of end memberscomposed, respectively, of a pair of rings, one of which is flanged, andan intermediate end plate, of means for securing the elements of eachend member in their properrelative positions, and binding membersadapted to urge the end members against the ends of the body part,substantially as specified.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WVILLIAM H. PAGE.

Witnesses:

J. E. Comm, J; FFTEMPLETON.

